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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tonui",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to make my comments on this Bill. It is unfortunate it has been tabled without a report from the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. I intend to go towards the direction of opposing it. It is a very important Bill which required to have been digested by the Departmental Committee of this House extensively. There are very many clauses of this Bill which are very critical and intended at making this House very irrelevant. One of them is on the process of approval of the Budget. The Executive will now be able to get access to funds even before the National Assembly approves. Then, what are we here for? Do we simply come to sit here while some of our key functions have been taken by other institutions? That is not a good thing. To take Parliament to be a very irresponsible institution and that others are more responsible than the people sitting in this House is not a good idea. The Hon. Members here represent the people on the ground, and they are the ones who are more The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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